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Research and Insights [sesameworkshop.org]
From Sesame Workshop, Image: from article, June 2023 Ever since the landmark study that inspired Sesame Street, Sesame Workshop has been leading the conversation about how media can educate children. For us, cracking the code of learning is a continuous process — and a collaborative one. Uniting researchers, educators, producers, and entrepreneurs, we’re forever inventing a more engaging, enriching, and encouraging world for kids, even as their needs and environments change. [ Please click...
Trauma-Informed Care and PTMF Reduce Self-Harm, Seclusion, and Restraint in Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Setting [madinamerica.com]
Illustration of the PTMF framework by psychologist Juliet Young (@Juliet_Young1) By Richard Sears, Mad in America, June 13, 2023 A recent study published in Frontiers in Psychology suggests that adopting a Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) approach in inpatient psychiatric settings can significantly reduce self-harm and the use of seclusion and restraint. The researchers, led by clinical psychologist Faye Nikopaschos, credit this reduction to weekly staff training on psychological stabilization and...
Celebrate Juneteenth with HOPE [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By Laura Gallant, 6/15/23, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Juneteenth celebrates a hope-filled moment in U.S. history, and recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday increases opportunities for all children and families to access positive childhood experiences (PCEs) and the Four Building Blocks of HOPE . Juneteenth is also a reminder of the importance of imbedding anti-racism into our work and social lives. Racism blocks access to PCEs and is a source of trauma. When we...
Love of the Land and Community Inspired the Montana Youths Whose Climate Lawsuit Against the State Goes to Court This Week [insideclimatenews.org]
Lead plaintiff Rikki Held on her family's ranch in southeastern Montana. Behind her, a wildfire burns four miles away. In Summer 2022, this was one of 18 wildfires within 50 miles of her home. Credit: Richard Forbes By Richard Forbes, Inside Climate News, June 12, 2023 Rikki Held headed southeast into the badlands, eyes fixed on the billowing smoke as it reddened with sunset. Rutted tracks wound between scrubby hillsides that hid the wildfire. Brush raked the car. She’d been home at the...
How does trauma spill from one generation to the next? [washingtonpost.com]
By Rachel Zimmerman, Image: Jessica Marx/The Washington Post, The Washington Post, June 12, 2023 The idea that trauma can be transmitted across generations — originating with long-dead relatives and passed down to future great-grandchildren — can be a difficult concept to grasp. But with regular news of mass shootings, covid deaths, police killings and climate disasters, a growing number of therapists and their patients, particularly among the millennial and Gen Z cohorts, are turning their...
Pell Grant eligibility for students in prisons to be reinstated in July [edsource.org]
John A. Davis Juvenile Hall in Martinez. CREDIT: COURTESY CONTRA COSTA COUNTY By Betty Márquez Rosales, EdSource, June 15, 2023 For the first time in nearly three decades, people incarcerated nationwide will have expanded access to the federal Pell Grant on July 1 to help pay for the cost of college education programs. “From a purely symbolic perspective, it’s incredibly powerful … that we are trying to find ways to give them the resources to succeed,” said Keramet Reiter, director of the...
STOP CHILD LABOR - IT IS A FORM OF ABUSE
From Heather Cox Richardson June 15, 2023 On Monday, the World Day Against Child Labor, Democrats led by Representatives Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) and Raul Ruiz (D-CA) introduced into Congress the Children’s Act for Responsible Employment and Farm Safety , or CARE Act. It seeks to raise the minimum age for farm work from 12 to 14, repairing a carveout from the era of the Jim Crow 1930s that permitted children to work on farms at two years younger than in other sectors. Democrats have introduced...
Child USA shares urgent call to action; needs our help.
CHILD USAdvocacy continues working closely with survivors, legislators, and advocates on the ground to pass a child sex abuse revival window for civil claims. The Pennsylvania House and the Senate have passed different versions of window legislation. The House has passed HB2 , which is a legislative window, and HB1 , which is a window via constitutional amendment. The Senate passed SB1 , which bundled the window with two other unrelated constitutional amendments. We support a stand alone...
“Hopeful” Findings – Two Thirds of Childhood Physical Abuse Survivors Are Psychologically Flourishing in Adulthood [scitechdaily.com]
By University of Toronto, Image: from article, SciTechDaily, June 12, 2023 A recently published study in the Children and Youth Services Review has revealed that nearly 63% of adults who endured physical abuse during their childhood are now in a state of complete mental health, often referred to as psychological flourishing. “This is a very hopeful finding for survivors of childhood physical abuse,” says lead author Esme Fuller-Thomson, professor at the University of Toronto’s...
‘I couldn’t outrun my trauma’: nobody talks about parenting with complex PTSD [theguardian.com]
‘I was angry that she could never understand what it felt like to be abandoned by your parents.’ Illustration: Susanna Gentili/The Guardian By Nikkya Hargrove, The Guardian, June 12, 2023 The grease hit my bare skin and landed in the space between my shoulder blade and the arch of my back. We were in our kitchen, my mom frying a chicken meal on the stove. My father was soon to arrive home from work, and she always worked hard to have his meal ready. My dark chocolatey skin sizzled, and I...
A mental-health crisis is gripping science — toxic research culture is to blame [nature.com]
By Shannon Hall, Illustration: Sébastien Thibault, nature, May 23, 2023 There is a mental-health crisis in science — at all career stages and across the world. Graduate students are being harassed and discriminated against , paid meagre wages , bullied , overworked and sometimes sexually assaulted. It doesn’t get much better for early-career researchers struggling to land long-term employment. And established senior researchers face immense pressure to win grants, publish in high-profile...
For Black drivers, a police officer's first 45 words are a sign of what's to come [npr.org]
Scientists are studying police camera footage to understand why some car stops of Black men escalate and others don't. Hill Street Studios/Getty Images By Nell Greenfieldboyce, National Public Radio (NPR), May 29, 2023 When a police officer stops a Black driver, the first 45 words said by that officer hold important clues about how their encounter is likely to go. Car stops that result in a search, handcuffing, or arrest are nearly three times more likely to begin with the police officer...
A National State of Emergency: Human Rights Campaign Sounds the Alarm over Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws in U.S. [democracynow.org]
By Amy Goodman, Image: Screenshot from article, DEMOCRACY NOW!, April 28, 2023 The Human Rights Campaign has declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people in the United States over a wave of discriminatory laws passed in states across the country. There have been more than 70 anti-LGBTQ+ bills signed into law so far in 2023 — more than double last year’s number, which was previously the worst year for discriminatory legislation. These laws have primarily targeted the transgender community,...
New Transforming Trauma Episode: Generative Integration on the Creative Path with Dr. Stephen Gilligan
In this episode of Transforming Trauma, Emily is joined by Dr. Stephen Gilligan, psychotherapist, author, workshop leader, and transformation specialist. “The most common word you'll hear me use in a therapy session is ‘welcome’. Welcome.” It's in this spirit of openness and curiosity that Emily and Dr. Gilligan discuss his life's work, what he's learned about connection and fulfilling core needs, plus the creative paths that bring clients back into life and a happy future. After receiving...